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VOLUME 53, ISSUE 13 Wednesday, Oct. 7, 1992 v7 WTx ft 1The t i r F i J I i 5 WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY OGDEN, UTAH A look at the U. S. presidential race and the alternatives Utah is offered. See Signature pages 8-9. Federal money easier to get, --more funds not allocated yet By LAURIE M. WIRTH Editor in chief of The Signpost nil President Bush recently signed into law a higher education bill that made it easier for students to qualify for federal loans and grants this year. But although stipulations are more lenient, funds have not yet been appropriated. J The higher education package gives students from all income levels eligibility for low interest government loans. In addition, eligibility stipulations for Pell Grants were made more lenient. If funded, eligible students could receive up to $2,400 in grants this school ' " -ear, $3,700 in 1993-94, with an increase of $200 annually until 1997-98, said Dallas Martin, president of the National Association of Student Financial Administrators. Martin is not optimistic that grant increases will be funded in October and said funding may even be lower than last year. Notice of the massive financial aid overhaul sent school financial aid officials reeling, and some colleges and universities in the state are still waiting for more clarifica- fi rn aKm if V-vr f c imnlflmonf f rKanrroc Richard Effiong, director of Financial Aid at WSU, said the university has not yet received implementation proceedures, and changes can't be made without further notice. While some of the new programs and modifications went into effect in July with the signing of the bill, others won't be -.. implemented until next year. The higher education act expands financial aid availability by raising the ceilings governing students' eligibility for federal grants. In addition, Stafford loans, the most common student loan, are now available to everyone. Students who prove financial need may still receive a subsidized Stafford loan where payments are postponed and interest is paid by the government while the (See FINANCIAL page 6) INSIDE News: WSU presents Monday night at The Grind. Page 2. Editorial: women should fight for better birth control, not abortions. Page 4 Arts: Artist of the week, Scott Ennis. Page 10 Sports: Wildcat volleyball, 1 out of 2 on Montana road trip. Page 13. Geronimo 5 I K 1 li I 4 1 F 1 j L I '1 t I I 4 "... ' ' CHAD MOSHERTHE SIGNPOST Homecoming week festivities included a plunge in the mud by these happy tubers during the Spirit games. Rubble searched for victims of plane crash Associated Press AMSTERDAM, Netherlands More than a day after what may be the world's worst plane crash when measured in victims on the ground, only 12 bodies have been recovered from a mountain of rubble and a maimed apartment block. Workers gingerly searched the tottering apartment building today for bodies and officials said the death toll was expected to exceed 250. Most of the dead were residents of the 10-story low-income housing project. Also being sought is the flight recorder, which could explain why the El Al Boeing 747 cargo jet lost two engines after takeoff from Schiphol Airport on Sunday evening. It crashed as the pilot tried vainly to return for a landing. Fearing that the building will collapse, officials have not deployed search teams at full strength. An airport hangar was turned into a makeshift morgue for the expected bodies. The job of identifying victims wasexpected to be difficult. Many are believed to be illegal aliens. Mayor Ed van Thijn said today the blaze were so ferocious that a full identificaton of all victims could prove impossible. The Bijlmermeer apartment complex where the crash occurred is home to many immigrants from Suriname, Ghana, the Dutch Antilles, Cape Verde and Pakistan. Officials said they would not take action against victims' relatives who might be illegal aliens, if they help with identifications.The disaster could prove to be the worst plane crash involving casualties on the ground. Hutton Archer, spokesman for the International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal, said a Boeing 707 cargo plane crashed in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, in 1976, killing 77 people on the ground and injuring 78 seriously. The 747-200 slammed into the angle of the V-shaped building 14 minutes after takeoff. Its pilot had reported one starboard engine on fire six minutes after takeoff and the other starboard engine ablaze six minutes later. The engines fell into a lake as the pilot dumped fuel and tried to control the plane for an emergency landing. The pilot, the two other crew members and the plane's one passenger all died. Investigators said it was too early to say why the two engines caught fire. "Our first impression is that it was technical mal- (See CRASH page 6)

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VOLUME 53, ISSUE 13 Wednesday, Oct. 7, 1992 v7 WTx ft 1The t i r F i J I i 5 WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY OGDEN, UTAH A look at the U. S. presidential race and the alternatives Utah is offered. See Signature pages 8-9. Federal money easier to get, --more funds not allocated yet By LAURIE M. WIRTH Editor in chief of The Signpost nil President Bush recently signed into law a higher education bill that made it easier for students to qualify for federal loans and grants this year. But although stipulations are more lenient, funds have not yet been appropriated. J The higher education package gives students from all income levels eligibility for low interest government loans. In addition, eligibility stipulations for Pell Grants were made more lenient. If funded, eligible students could receive up to $2,400 in grants this school ' " -ear, $3,700 in 1993-94, with an increase of $200 annually until 1997-98, said Dallas Martin, president of the National Association of Student Financial Administrators. Martin is not optimistic that grant increases will be funded in October and said funding may even be lower than last year. Notice of the massive financial aid overhaul sent school financial aid officials reeling, and some colleges and universities in the state are still waiting for more clarifica- fi rn aKm if V-vr f c imnlflmonf f rKanrroc Richard Effiong, director of Financial Aid at WSU, said the university has not yet received implementation proceedures, and changes can't be made without further notice. While some of the new programs and modifications went into effect in July with the signing of the bill, others won't be -.. implemented until next year. The higher education act expands financial aid availability by raising the ceilings governing students' eligibility for federal grants. In addition, Stafford loans, the most common student loan, are now available to everyone. Students who prove financial need may still receive a subsidized Stafford loan where payments are postponed and interest is paid by the government while the (See FINANCIAL page 6) INSIDE News: WSU presents Monday night at The Grind. Page 2. Editorial: women should fight for better birth control, not abortions. Page 4 Arts: Artist of the week, Scott Ennis. Page 10 Sports: Wildcat volleyball, 1 out of 2 on Montana road trip. Page 13. Geronimo 5 I K 1 li I 4 1 F 1 j L I '1 t I I 4 "... ' ' CHAD MOSHERTHE SIGNPOST Homecoming week festivities included a plunge in the mud by these happy tubers during the Spirit games. Rubble searched for victims of plane crash Associated Press AMSTERDAM, Netherlands More than a day after what may be the world's worst plane crash when measured in victims on the ground, only 12 bodies have been recovered from a mountain of rubble and a maimed apartment block. Workers gingerly searched the tottering apartment building today for bodies and officials said the death toll was expected to exceed 250. Most of the dead were residents of the 10-story low-income housing project. Also being sought is the flight recorder, which could explain why the El Al Boeing 747 cargo jet lost two engines after takeoff from Schiphol Airport on Sunday evening. It crashed as the pilot tried vainly to return for a landing. Fearing that the building will collapse, officials have not deployed search teams at full strength. An airport hangar was turned into a makeshift morgue for the expected bodies. The job of identifying victims wasexpected to be difficult. Many are believed to be illegal aliens. Mayor Ed van Thijn said today the blaze were so ferocious that a full identificaton of all victims could prove impossible. The Bijlmermeer apartment complex where the crash occurred is home to many immigrants from Suriname, Ghana, the Dutch Antilles, Cape Verde and Pakistan. Officials said they would not take action against victims' relatives who might be illegal aliens, if they help with identifications.The disaster could prove to be the worst plane crash involving casualties on the ground. Hutton Archer, spokesman for the International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal, said a Boeing 707 cargo plane crashed in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, in 1976, killing 77 people on the ground and injuring 78 seriously. The 747-200 slammed into the angle of the V-shaped building 14 minutes after takeoff. Its pilot had reported one starboard engine on fire six minutes after takeoff and the other starboard engine ablaze six minutes later. The engines fell into a lake as the pilot dumped fuel and tried to control the plane for an emergency landing. The pilot, the two other crew members and the plane's one passenger all died. Investigators said it was too early to say why the two engines caught fire. "Our first impression is that it was technical mal- (See CRASH page 6)